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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

even modernized, those planes are old. OLD old. They all used to be packed with vacuum tubes sort of old. The last one ever built left the assembly line in 1962. 64 years ago.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean even so we should've had them all replaced not only by now, but with some regularity. Every moving part should've been inspected she tested before this flight. Ffs, we still have 58 in active service!

I'm not saying they're perfect, but they are doing something right, and more care should've been taken before a test flight with civilians.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago

Yes, they're inspected regularly, and not just the moving parts but the non-moving parts too. And they've all been completely rebuilt at least once.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

It’s the plane Slim Pickens flies in Dr. Strangelove